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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml index 9d5edd9ecf..130fc74a28 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/string.xml @@ -109,10 +109,8 @@ <p>This module has been reworked in Erlang/OTP 20 to handle <seealso marker="unicode#type-chardata"> <c>unicode:chardata()</c></seealso> and operate on grapheme - clusters. The <seealso marker="#oldapi"> <c>old - functions</c></seealso> that only work on Latin-1 lists as input - are still available but should not be - used. They will be deprecated in Erlang/OTP 21. + clusters. The <c>old functions</c> that only work on Latin-1 lists as input + are kept for backwards compatibility reasons but should not be used. </p> </description> @@ -594,7 +592,7 @@ ÖÄÅ</pre> or <c>both</c>, indicates from which direction characters are to be removed. </p> - <p> Default <c><anno>Characters</anno></c> are the set of + <p> Default <c><anno>Characters</anno></c> is the set of nonbreakable whitespace codepoints, defined as Pattern_White_Space in <url href="http://unicode.org/reports/tr31/">Unicode Standard Annex #31</url>. @@ -631,393 +629,5 @@ ÖÄÅ</pre> </func> </funcs> - - <section> - <marker id="oldapi"/> - <title>Obsolete API functions</title> - <p>Here follows the function of the old API. - These functions only work on a list of Latin-1 characters. - </p> - <note><p> - The functions are kept for backward compatibility, but are - not recommended. - They will be deprecated in Erlang/OTP 21. - </p> - <p>Any undocumented functions in <c>string</c> are not to be used.</p> - </note> - </section> - - <funcs> - <func> - <name name="centre" arity="2"/> - <name name="centre" arity="3"/> - <fsummary>Center a string.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a string, where <c><anno>String</anno></c> is centered in the - string and surrounded by blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>. - The resulting string has length <c><anno>Number</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#pad/3"><c>pad/3</c></seealso>. - </p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="chars" arity="2"/> - <name name="chars" arity="3"/> - <fsummary>Return a string consisting of numbers of characters.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a string consisting of <c><anno>Number</anno></c> characters - <c><anno>Character</anno></c>. Optionally, the string can end with - string <c><anno>Tail</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="lists#duplicate/2"><c>lists:duplicate/2</c></seealso>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="chr" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Return the index of the first occurrence of - a character in a string.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns the index of the first occurrence of - <c><anno>Character</anno></c> in <c><anno>String</anno></c>. Returns - <c>0</c> if <c><anno>Character</anno></c> does not occur.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#find/2"><c>find/2</c></seealso>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="concat" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Concatenate two strings.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Concatenates <c><anno>String1</anno></c> and - <c><anno>String2</anno></c> to form a new string - <c><anno>String3</anno></c>, which is returned.</p> - <p> - This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use <c>[<anno>String1</anno>, <anno>String2</anno>]</c> as - <c>Data</c> argument, and call - <seealso marker="unicode#characters_to_list/2"> - <c>unicode:characters_to_list/2</c></seealso> or - <seealso marker="unicode#characters_to_binary/2"> - <c>unicode:characters_to_binary/2</c></seealso> - to flatten the output. - </p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="copies" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Copy a string.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a string containing <c><anno>String</anno></c> repeated - <c><anno>Number</anno></c> times.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="lists#duplicate/2"><c>lists:duplicate/2</c></seealso>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="cspan" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Span characters at start of a string.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns the length of the maximum initial segment of - <c><anno>String</anno></c>, which consists entirely of characters - not from <c><anno>Chars</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#take/3"><c>take/3</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> string:cspan("\t abcdef", " \t"). -0</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="join" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Join a list of strings with separator.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a string with the elements of <c><anno>StringList</anno></c> - separated by the string in <c><anno>Separator</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="lists#join/2"><c>lists:join/2</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> join(["one", "two", "three"], ", "). -"one, two, three"</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="left" arity="2"/> - <name name="left" arity="3"/> - <fsummary>Adjust left end of a string.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns <c><anno>String</anno></c> with the length adjusted in - accordance with <c><anno>Number</anno></c>. The left margin is - fixed. If <c>length(<anno>String</anno>)</c> < - <c><anno>Number</anno></c>, then <c><anno>String</anno></c> is padded - with blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>s.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#pad/2"><c>pad/2</c></seealso> or - <seealso marker="#pad/3"><c>pad/3</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> string:left("Hello",10,$.). -"Hello....."</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="len" arity="1"/> - <fsummary>Return the length of a string.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns the number of characters in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#length/1"><c>length/1</c></seealso>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="rchr" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Return the index of the last occurrence of - a character in a string.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns the index of the last occurrence of - <c><anno>Character</anno></c> in <c><anno>String</anno></c>. Returns - <c>0</c> if <c><anno>Character</anno></c> does not occur.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#find/3"><c>find/3</c></seealso>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="right" arity="2"/> - <name name="right" arity="3"/> - <fsummary>Adjust right end of a string.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns <c><anno>String</anno></c> with the length adjusted in - accordance with <c><anno>Number</anno></c>. The right margin is - fixed. If the length of <c>(<anno>String</anno>)</c> < - <c><anno>Number</anno></c>, then <c><anno>String</anno></c> is padded - with blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>s.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#pad/3"><c>pad/3</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> string:right("Hello", 10, $.). -".....Hello"</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="rstr" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Find the index of a substring.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns the position where the last occurrence of - <c><anno>SubString</anno></c> begins in <c><anno>String</anno></c>. - Returns <c>0</c> if <c><anno>SubString</anno></c> - does not exist in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#find/3"><c>find/3</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> string:rstr(" Hello Hello World World ", "Hello World"). -8</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="span" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Span characters at start of a string.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns the length of the maximum initial segment of - <c><anno>String</anno></c>, which consists entirely of characters - from <c><anno>Chars</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#take/2"><c>take/2</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> string:span("\t abcdef", " \t"). -5</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="str" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Find the index of a substring.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns the position where the first occurrence of - <c><anno>SubString</anno></c> begins in <c><anno>String</anno></c>. - Returns <c>0</c> if <c><anno>SubString</anno></c> - does not exist in <c><anno>String</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#find/2"><c>find/2</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> string:str(" Hello Hello World World ", "Hello World"). -8</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="strip" arity="1"/> - <name name="strip" arity="2"/> - <name name="strip" arity="3"/> - <fsummary>Strip leading or trailing characters.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a string, where leading or trailing, or both, blanks or a - number of <c><anno>Character</anno></c> have been removed. - <c><anno>Direction</anno></c>, which can be <c>left</c>, <c>right</c>, - or <c>both</c>, indicates from which direction blanks are to be - removed. <c>strip/1</c> is equivalent to - <c>strip(String, both)</c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#trim/3"><c>trim/3</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> string:strip("...Hello.....", both, $.). -"Hello"</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="sub_string" arity="2"/> - <name name="sub_string" arity="3"/> - <fsummary>Extract a substring.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a substring of <c><anno>String</anno></c>, starting at - position <c><anno>Start</anno></c> to the end of the string, or to - and including position <c><anno>Stop</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#slice/3"><c>slice/3</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -sub_string("Hello World", 4, 8). -"lo Wo"</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="substr" arity="2"/> - <name name="substr" arity="3"/> - <fsummary>Return a substring of a string.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a substring of <c><anno>String</anno></c>, starting at - position <c><anno>Start</anno></c>, and ending at the end of the - string or at length <c><anno>Length</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#slice/3"><c>slice/3</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> substr("Hello World", 4, 5). -"lo Wo"</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="sub_word" arity="2"/> - <name name="sub_word" arity="3"/> - <fsummary>Extract subword.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns the word in position <c><anno>Number</anno></c> of - <c><anno>String</anno></c>. Words are separated by blanks or - <c><anno>Character</anno></c>s.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#nth_lexeme/3"><c>nth_lexeme/3</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> string:sub_word(" Hello old boy !",3,$o). -"ld b"</code> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="to_lower" arity="1" clause_i="1"/> - <name name="to_lower" arity="1" clause_i="2"/> - <name name="to_upper" arity="1" clause_i="1"/> - <name name="to_upper" arity="1" clause_i="2"/> - <fsummary>Convert case of string (ISO/IEC 8859-1).</fsummary> - <type variable="String" name_i="1"/> - <type variable="Result" name_i="1"/> - <type variable="Char"/> - <type variable="CharResult"/> - <desc> - <p>The specified string or character is case-converted. Notice that - the supported character set is ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also called Latin 1); - all values outside this set are unchanged</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso> use - <seealso marker="#lowercase/1"><c>lowercase/1</c></seealso>, - <seealso marker="#uppercase/1"><c>uppercase/1</c></seealso>, - <seealso marker="#titlecase/1"><c>titlecase/1</c></seealso> or - <seealso marker="#casefold/1"><c>casefold/1</c></seealso>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="tokens" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Split string into tokens.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns a list of tokens in <c><anno>String</anno></c>, separated - by the characters in <c><anno>SeparatorList</anno></c>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> tokens("abc defxxghix jkl", "x "). -["abc", "def", "ghi", "jkl"]</code> - <p>Notice that, as shown in this example, two or more - adjacent separator characters in <c><anno>String</anno></c> - are treated as one. That is, there are no empty - strings in the resulting list of tokens.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#lexemes/2"><c>lexemes/2</c></seealso>.</p> - </desc> - </func> - - <func> - <name name="words" arity="1"/> - <name name="words" arity="2"/> - <fsummary>Count blank separated words.</fsummary> - <desc> - <p>Returns the number of words in <c><anno>String</anno></c>, separated - by blanks or <c><anno>Character</anno></c>.</p> - <p>This function is <seealso marker="#oldapi">obsolete</seealso>. - Use - <seealso marker="#lexemes/2"><c>lexemes/2</c></seealso>.</p> - <p><em>Example:</em></p> - <code type="none"> -> words(" Hello old boy!", $o). -4</code> - </desc> - </func> - </funcs> - - <section> - <title>Notes</title> - <p>Some of the general string functions can seem to overlap each - other. The reason is that this string package is the - combination of two earlier packages and all functions of - both packages have been retained.</p> - </section> - </erlref> |